Login "Banned" Error

[MakkyBrown]

Hi All,
I was just banned again.  So if it happens to you when you try and login. Delete all stored cookies for the forum and restart your browser. This fixed it for me with firefox.
CheersMB

[Ranger Itchy]

Hi MB,


You must be a naughty boy if you keep getting banned! I've never been banned!


Cheers RI

[Jimnyjerry]

Hi All,
I was just banned again.  So if it happens to you when you try and login. Delete all stored cookies for the forum and restart your browser. This fixed it for me with firefox.
CheersMB

Strange

[MakkyBrown]

Might be something to do with ip addresses or firefox ad-ons triggering forum security. Bit of a surprise first time it happened.MB

[Aussie Sapphire]

Might be something to do with ip addresses or firefox ad-ons triggering forum security. Big of a surprise first time it happened.MB

That is likely.  We use a spam filtering software on the forum to try and reduce the flood of spam but it hooks into a database where suspicious ip addresses are flagged and this can sometimes cause false positive reports.  Anyone who is affected by this and where a refresh and clear cache does not work - please email us at our aussie sapphire address with your email address or username and I will manually delete the ban.

It is inconvenient when people are caught up in this but without the software, the forum becomes completely unusable because of spam so it is a trade-off.  We will always delete a wrongly imposed ban for proper members.

cheers
Leah (admin)